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Speech Pathologist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what speech pathologists actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most speech pathologists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Speech Pathologist experienced in assessing and treating communication, voice and swallowing disorders across paediatric and adult caseloads. Skilled in designing individualised therapy plans and working alongside medical, nursing and education teams to support client goals. Comfortable moving between hospital, clinic, school and community settings.
Key skills
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Care planning and coordination
- Patient care and support
- Health education and advice
- Standardised assessment batteries (TECS, CELF)
- Dysphagia management
- AAC device prescription and training
- Clinical documentation systems
- Stakeholder management
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted standardised speech, language and swallowing assessments across paediatric and adult caseloads to inform diagnosis and treatment planning
- Designed and delivered individualised therapy programs, adjusting goals as clients progressed toward functional communication or safe swallowing
- Collaborated with doctors, nurses, teachers and families to coordinate care plans, aligning goals across disciplines and reducing duplicated assessment
- Maintained clinical records and progress reports for referral sources, meeting service documentation timeframes
- Trained carers and family members in home-based strategies for communication support and safe swallowing, lowering aspiration risk between sessions
Education
Bachelor of Speech Pathology (4 years), or a graduate-entry Master of Speech Pathology for candidates with a prior degree, followed by Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) membership and progression through the Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP) pathway.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)
- Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP)
- NDIS
- Medicare Chronic Disease Management
- TECS
- CELF
- AAC devices
- dysphagia
- videofluoroscopy
- My Aged Care
- allied health team
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.